The cost of africa getting Tech

Information technology is the driving force in all sectors the world over. Basically it involves the use of equipment and techniques to handle and process information. The term is more specifically used to refer to electronic communications and the use of computing, this allows easy disbursement of information. Today you can have your e-mail follow you while you ride a Matatu to Kyalo (village in Lugasoga) or through Jam on your way to work , you simply pop your mail from your exchange server where ever you may be. With recent innovations like blackberry services and other types of PDA, you move around with your office, of course this could be a disadvantage since not many people want to have work mail following them wherever they go or your PDA is stolen, you may morn little about the price of the device but more on the possibility of sensitive information landing into the hands of evil doers. But again you do not have to go to an internet café, wait till your office is open or get back from a extended distance work trip in order to know what is happening in your business realm.
Yes you would expect that this type of technology would be available to only those in the Europe, USA and Asia. Africans are found of having the best of the best when it comes to technology now days. They want the latest Laptops, the lates Nokias and many more even if they can’t fully use it or understand its functions.
This craze of wishing for newer toys on the market by businesses, government institutions and individuals have led IT investments in Africa to simply be looked at as Cost centers yet on the contrary IT should be a business Enabler.
Many of the countries or continents today are being successful because they invest in IT not just the equipment but also in the people that seat in front of the tube. We all know the old paradigm GIGO, if IT in Africa is to make business sense then their should be reasonable investment in Human ware. Many organizations that I know have computers but most of these computers seat there to gather dust, the user knows very little about the machine, in many cases after acquiring the computers many will still use manual processes. At most one may use a word processor on his machine and of course solitaire.
The infrastructure is not yet conducive, a majority of the citizens do not even know what a computer is, have never seen it, can’t afford it and electricity is only seen when they go to visit a relative in Kibuga (town) this makes it even impossible for one to use a computer. This should suggest the cost Africa has to pay to fully benefit from the benefits of Technology like the rest of the world.

South Africa is far better and is at the pinacle of representing the rest of Africa, most of our techologies especiall central, East and South Africa

Information Technology In Africa

Information Technology is the driving force

Love for gorillas with fundraising walk:

By Africa Secrets,

Uganda’s main attraction is the endangered mountain gorilla which is said to share 98.4% of its genes with human beings. Out of the estimated 720 mountain gorillas left in the world, 340 of them are found in the jungles of Bwindi Forest National Park which is also believed to have over 32 groups/families of gorillas.
Selling of gorilla permits since the early 1990s has been the solitary responsibility of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) as mandated by an act of parliament. However, recently Uganda Wildlife Authority decided to privatize one of the habituated groups, the Nkuringo family of gorillas. And decided that with effect from August, the buying of Nkuringo gorilla permits will be done through the Uganda Safari Company which is owned by Jonathan Wright.
A warm mist hangs in the air as you walk and climb, pushing through the forest until you make eye contact. The 350-pound silverback gorilla stares back at you, unaffected, and continues to chomp on the stalk of a banana tree. You, on the other hand, are left speechless, your perspective forever altered by this close encounter with one of humankind's closest relatives.
Nichol, who has a bachelor's degree in zoology, has always been an animal lover. For years, he and his wife, Brenda, have owned and helped find homes for greyhounds retired from racing.
He traces his emotional connection with gorillas to a December 2005 afternoon, when a friend talked him into seeing the remake of "King Kong."
Even more emotional, about a year ago, was seeing the movie "Instinct" on TV, with a scene in which poachers kill gorillas. "It absolutely put me on my knees," he said. "I just knew deep down in my heart and soul I had to do something."
For about two months, Nichol, who works for The Legacy Group, a Bellevue-based mortgage firm, has been taking weekly walks of up to 24 miles on the Snoqualmie Valley Trail, starting near his Woodinville home.

Gorilla photos and memorabilia decorate Nichol’s Bellevue office. In addition to his planned fundraising walk to Portland, he has recorded a music CD and is working on a DVD, both to benefit the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, a nonprofit organization working in Africa to protect the gorillas.

With the help of friends, he has also recorded a music CD and is working on a DVD, both to benefit the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, a nonprofit organization working in Africa to protect the gorillas. He also is accepting donations for the project. And he plans to visit Rwanda to see the gorillas himself for the first time this fall.
What you don't see is that Nichol, 42, is preparing to put his feet where his heart is. In June, he plans to walk from Seattle to Portland to raise money for a nonprofit group working to protect the last 700-some mountain gorillas on Earth.

"Some people call me the Crazy Gorilla Guy," says Drew Nichol, and by now you've pretty much figured out why. What you see is evidence of Nichol's passion obsession, perhaps for Africa's mountain gorillas, one of the most endangered species on the planet.

Those closest to Nicole demonstrate what he really feels. For example Wuebel is in awe of Nichol's dedication. "He really wants to make a difference on this, and I don't think he's going to stop until he does."